Anxiety

Anxiety is a psychological and physiological state characterized by cognitive, somatic, emotional, and behavioral components. These components combine to create an unpleasant feeling that is typically associated with uneasiness, fear, or worry. Anxiety is a generalized mood condition that occurs without an identifiable triggering stimulus. As such, it is distinguished from fear, which occurs in the presence of an external threat. Additionally, fear is related to the specific behaviors of escape and avoidance, whereas anxiety is the result of threats that are perceived to be uncontrollable or unavoidable.

Attention Training for Childhood Anxiety Disorders

Project summary

This UCLA Research Study conducted by Dr. Susanna Chang is investigating the usefulness of a novel computer-based attention training treatment for childhood anxiety. We are seeking help from children ages 8 – 17 with social anxiety, generalized anxiety, and separation anxiety as study participants. Participation involves EEG recordings and 4 weeks of a non-medication attention training treatment.
Call (310) 825-0122 or email anxietyinfo@ucla.edu for more information.

Childhood OCD MRS Study

Project summary

The purpose of this project is to determine what, if any, changes in brain structure and brain chemistry take place in children during standardized cognitive behavioral treatment for childhood OCD.  Another purpose is to determine if treatment improves “cognitive” abilities, such as memory and attention.

'Good' Worry: How Worrying Well Can Help You Manage Stress

Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz, a research psychiatrist at the Semel Institute, was featured in a Nov. 22 Huffington Post column about how worrying “well” can help individuals manage stress.

UCLA researchers identify brain pathways linking social stress and inflammation

Stress gets under our skin

Everyone experiences social stress, whether it is nervousness over a job interview, difficulty meeting people at parties, or angst over giving a speech. In a new report, UCLA researchers have discovered that how your brain responds to social stressors can influence the body’s immune system in ways that may negatively affect health. Lead author George Slavich, a postdoctoral fellow in the UCLA Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, and senior author Shelley Taylor, a UCLA professor of psychology, show that individuals who exhibit greater neural sensitivity to social rejection also exhibit greater increases in inflammatory activity to social stress.

Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer more likely to Suffer from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

The Los Angeles Times health blog reported May 6 on a study by Dr. Margaret Stuber finding that adult survivors of childhood cancers are four times more likely than their siblings to develop post-traumatic stress disorder. PsychCentral.com and Scope also covered the findings. Stuber is a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences and a researcher at UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center.

 

"Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer more likely to Suffer from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder" http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2010/05/adult-survivors-of...

Mood & Anxiety Disorders in Youth: Present Knowledge and Future Directions

Psychiatry Grand Rounds

 

Gertrude Rogers Greenblatt, MD Memorial Lecture. Our lecturer will be:

 

Neal Ryan, MD

Joaquim Puig-Antich Professor in Child and Psychiatry

Director of Education, Department of Psychiatry

Director for the Center for Integrative Medicine University of Pittsburgh

 

The topic of the presentation will be “Mood & Anxiety Disorders in Youth: Present Knowledge and Future Directions”

 

Educational Objectives:

Event detail
4 May 2010 - 11:00 - 12:30

Normal, Healthy Adolescents Wanted

Review and Approval
IRB Flyer: 
Renewal Date: 
2011, January 6

Are You Concerned About Your Appearance?

Review and Approval
IRB Flyer: 
Renewal Date: 
2013, August 15